The Osceola times., 1887-04-30
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS.

A four DAYS session at Dardanelle. Licen.
tiate l.. ii. Kimmous was ordained MN
ister at the Presbyterian Church oy Tue
presbytery He is stationed at Van Bu-
rem. The place OF holding the next meet
/ ing has been changed from Benton TO
Morrilton, as il will be more convenient
/ for mem bers TO go on to synod after pres
| bytery. DIR. 5. Patton received call
/ from the church at Dardanelle to be its
/ pastor which call he accepted, and VIII
be installed some time this summer
The State Debt Board has not been able
| to meet on account OF the Illness OF the
State Auditor The bill creating the state
Debt Board provides that every member
shall be present or no business can De
| transacted This is consid cred material
defect, one calculated to retard the bus!'
ness to a great extent.
The citizens and business men of Texar.
/ kama met at the Miller County Court
house few nights ago with the view OF
/ devising means for the extension oil the
| Texarkana Northern railway from Texar-
/ kama to Fort Smith II was decided that
| 10000 bonus was necessary as startcr
10 induce Northern capitalists TO take
/ hold and continue the road. Committees
were appointed to solicit subscriptions,
and up TO the time OF adjournment s3J,Ub
was subscribed by number OF local
| capitalists present. The enterprise Is
! considered a sure thing.
| The hotel and saloon in West Memphis
| Just across the river from Memphis, Tenn.
| on the Arkansas side, was burned to the
ground few nights ago. The hotel was
/ a two-story frame building owned and
occupied by Mrs. Annie Feeney. There
were fully thirty people asleep in the
building when the fire was first discov
cred, and all succeeded in making then
escape excepting Pat Maloncy, aged fifty
six, who was burned TO death.
Newport has now one of the finest water
works in the South-a combination Of tho
! Holly and stand pipe systems, with ca
pacity of 100000 gallons daily. The
company's capital is 10000.
/ new post-office has been established
at Nichols, Polk County.
/ Fishing is reported first rate in the
small streams throughout the State
The HEADLIGHT thinks nearly Sl00,0)o will
be expended in buildings at Morrillton
within the next six months.
The Smith Lumber Company, of Smith
ton Station, on the Iron Mountain road.
shipped oO6 carloads OF lumber during
the month Of March.
A Mrs. Myers, living at Conway, is the
inventor of a spinning wheel which may
be attached to'a sewing machine, and, it
is said, does good work
A baby was born at Helena recently
with six fingers on each hand. The sixth
ons appeared as short nub next to the
little finger Mr.. Cowley the father OF
the baty, had them amputated
The residence Of j. ID. Hall, a cotton
buyer at Texarkana, was burglarized in
bl DAD day light few days since. The
family was absent from home, and the
thieves, after helping themselves, es'
capped.
The body of an unknown man was found
in the river a short distance below Little
Rock, few days ago The man is BE-
licved to have been murdered, as q pool OF
blood was found on the bank above, ant
there were evidences Of u severe struggle
ha,ing taken place near whore the body
wa, found Marks of violence were also
fou I'D on the body. The dee is supposed
to i'ave been committed during the night
Robbery is believed to have been the OBJ
jec'
A few months ago the Bank of Newpor
clos ed its doors on account of the death OF
lls tDTopTlslOT. LUIS II IL BOlutu bHDOl
tun'ty for some one postel in the banking
business, as two OF the wealthy citizens
of the place offer to put IN Sl5, 900 each
toward the capital Of a First National
bar k, and 500, 900 coull be handled there
to GOOD advantage.
Governor Hughes has vetoed the ac
passed by the last Legislature, entitled
IAN act regulating the sale of the six.
/ eactinp mud N nrDv1p for the col
lection of all clai ma due the school fund
arising from the sale of sand sixteenth
section, and for other purposes" The ac'
in question provilei for letting township
treasurers loan the IN )ney for school pur-
poses without this law the money will
be loaned out by the State Board for the
benefit of the schools.
Investigation into the ident ity Of The
man who was killed IN front Of a saloor
in Texarkane a few nights ago, proves
that his name was Jack Carroll, and not
Jack King as was reported at the time
He came recently from sherman, Tex
but further than this nothing can be
learned of his origin. He was of immens sc
physical size and very handsome. He had
clear brown eyes and clean-shaven chin
carrying a well shaped mustache. There
are still some doubts as 10 the correct
name but from the writing on his linen i
is decided that Carroll must be his right
name.
At the State conclave of the Grand Com
mandery of Knights Templar recently
held at Pine Bluff, the following offic sr,
were elected for the ensuing year: I. ID
Mccullough, of Hot Springs, Eminent
Grand Commander; Deputy Grand Com
mander &. L. Kimball, Dardanelle; Gram
Commander, j. NJ. Clayton, Pine Bluff
Grand Generallisimo, w. X. Ramsey, OF
Camden; Grand Captain-General, c. G.
Dean, Little Rock; Junior Warden, j. II
Trigg, Texarkana; Grand Treasurer
George II. Mead, of Little Rock; Ora nd
Recorder, J. A. Henry; Grand Standard
Bearer, Frank Silverman, Pine Bluff.
Articles Of incorporation have beer
filed with the State Department OF the
Dardanelle a. Little Rock Railway Com
pauy. The capital stock il placed at 81 :
/ 251,0c0, which sum Is the actual cost oi
constructing the road, together with the
right of way. motive power, etc. The
stock is to be divided into l2 so shares OF
the par value OF 500 each. The
incorporators are: J. X. Per
ry. James Evans, Thomas Cox.
G.. s. Cunningham, q. L. Kmball, w. II
Tee and l. G. Hal, OF Dardanelle, and d
/ g. Fones, J. II. Miller, 7. II. Jones, John
/ g. Fletcher and Max Hib. The line will
commence at Dardanelle and run thence
in southeasterly direction through the
coun tics of Yell, Perry, Conway and Pu
laski, a distance Of about seventy-iivt
miles or more Seven hundred and fifty
shares of the capital stock have in good
faith been subscribed
Cotton ia rather backward.
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